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Singapore steps up airport security after MH370 incident
Photo: Travellers at the Singapore Changi Airport; Roslan Rahman / AFP Singapore has stepped up security checks at Changi Airport as a "precautionary measure" after Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 went...
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Tigerair buys 37 Airbus A320neo, option for 13 more
Singapore budget carrier Tigerair said Monday it will buy 37 Airbus A320neo planes valued at $3.8 billion, enabling the airline to cut fuel costs and fly to new, more distant destinations. Tigerair,...
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NTU student creates card deck adorned with faces of local politicians
Singaporeans now have one less reason to carry a bochap attitude towards the country’s political sphere, thanks to a wondrous invention by National Technological University (NTU) student, Mr. Vedant...
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If you work in Raffles Place, you're in for a sugar rush
King of the original glazed doughnut Krispy Kreme are launching their second Singapore store right in the heart of the Central Business District. To celebrate, they're handing out the delicious stuff...
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80% of Asian women use the Internet more after becoming mums
If you think mums are not digitally savvy, think again. A recent survey by Southeast Asia's largest online parenting destination TheAsianparent.com shows Asian mums have gone digital, with over 80...
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Singaporean girl found stabbed to death in Brisbane hotel
Meena Narayanan was found dead with stab wounds in her stomach at the Travelodge in Upper Mount Gravatt, Brisbane, on March 25. Screams could be heard from the hotel room she was in, but when police...
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Video games linked to aggressive behaviour in kids: study
Youths who play video games are more likely to think and act in aggressive ways, suggested a study out Monday of more than 3,000 schoolchildren in Singapore. The research, published in JAMA Pediatrics,...
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Authorities seize more than 1kg of heroin at Woodlands Checkpoint
A Malaysian man was caught trying to smuggle in 1.48kg of heroin with a street value of $155,000 at the Woodlands Checkpoint on Monday. During a routine inspection, Immigration and Checkpoints...
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Police alert: Changi Airport contest for Japan tickets a fake
Folks, we hope you're not holding your breath for those return air tickets to Japan from Changi Airport. That contest is a fake. Victims have reportedly been asked for their personal information such...
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Explosive rock duo 2Cellos performing in Singapore this May
Croatian duo Luka Sulic and Stjepan Hauser, known as the 2Cellos, will play at The Star Theatre on May 22. The classically-trained duo was discovered after their cello-only cover of Michael Jackson's...
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Clubbers — soon you'll be able to test your own drinks for 'liquid ecstasy'
Scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have found a method to instantaneously detect a 'date rape' drug, Gamma-Hydroxybutyric (GHB), or 'liquid ecstacy', which is commonly used to...
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The Travelling C.O.W's newest collab proves burgers and cocktails rock together
Burgers don't just go with beer and soda. That's what you'll learn at local gourmet food truck The Travelling C.O.W's latest collaboration, this time with Hashida Sushi's head chef Kenjiro 'Hatch'...
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Taxi drivers will get double deck holding area at Changi Airport
Taxi drivers will get a new two-storey deck holding area to queue while waiting to pick up passengers from Terminal 1. Scheduled for completion in the second half of 2015, the $50 million project aims...
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Three Singapore Facebook games you never knew existed
We probably spend most of our time on Facebook nowadays. And I’m assuming that most of you are familiar with Facebook Pages, the one where you can 'like' and receive updates from brands and companies...
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Around the World: Sticking toTokyo, Japan
The idea of Tokyo, an abstraction more easily recognisable than the really-existing city, figures in its pristine facades, its neon signboards and it's stoic peoples. However, a quick stroll around the...
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Singapore talks on Internet's future hear plea for freedom
Photo: Fadi Chehade (C), President and CEO of ICANN, speaks during the opening of the ICANN Singapore meeting on March 24, 2014; Roslan Rahman / AFP Control of the Internet should be handed from US...
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Six North-South Line MRT stations will end earlier from April 15
SMRT will be ending train services at six North-South Line MRT stations 30 minutes earlier at 12:30am on Sunday to Thursday nights from April 15 — end October (except for eve of public holidays) to...
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Fight breaks out in foreign workers' dorm over cricket match
A fight broke out at a foreign worker dormitory in Kaki Bukit on the night of March 25. 13 workers were arrested for being involved in what seemed to be a tussle of the evening's televised cricket...
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Local actress Yvonne Lim soon to wed former B.A.D boy
MediaCorp TV Channel 8 actress Yvonne Lim has confirmed that she is engaged and soon to be married to ex-Taiwanese boyband B.A.D. member Alex Tien. Speaking to Today, Lim revealed that Tien proposed to...
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Singapore Changi Airport is world's best again: Skytrax
Photo: Lifestyle destination Project Jewel, coming up at the Singapore Changi Airport in 2018 The Singapore Changi Airport has once again been voted the World's Best Airport by air travellers at the...
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